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Special State Proof Edition with Original Drawing

[Cheloniidae Press]. Edgar Allan Poe.The
Raven. [Easthampton, Massachusetts]: Cheloniidae Press,
1986. Special state proof edition limited to 25 copies, of which
this is copy number 4, signed by the artist, Alan James Robinson on
the colophon page. The text, printed by Daniel Keleher at Wild
Carrot Letterpress, is the original Lorimer Graham version with the
author's corrections. Wood engravings printed by Harold P. McGrath
on Magnani mould made Letterpress. French-folded and hand-sewn to
Duchene handmade paper wrappers by Claudia Cohen. Folio.
Unpaginated. Full red Moroccan goatskin with a blind-stamped raven
by Daniel E. Kelm and Sarah Pringle at the Wide Awake Garage. A
suite of prints, working proofs of wood engravings, state proofs of
etchings, all signed by Robinson, with an additional
original drawing, are laid in a oatmeal cloth chemise and
presented in a matching oatmeal cloth tray-case with red morocco
spine label. Fine.

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A new, all original edition of the first book of the Cheloniidae Press with nine new wood engravings and an etching portrait of Poe as a frontispiece. An exquisite presentation of the beloved Poe classic.

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